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Transportation
Andrew Conroy was transported on the Sophia, departing 15th Sep 1828 and arriving 17th Jan 1829 with 194 passengers.
Sophia (generic)References
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Convict Notes
POLICE OFFICE Committed the by Police Magistrate to Carrickfergus Jail, for trial at next Assizes, Andw. Conroy, charged with stealing 2 pigs, the property of Widow Bell, of Ballyutogne, on Friday morning last. The were found in his possession, near Shankhill bridge. Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 5 March 1828. M'Conroy alias Mulhulland, for stealing two pigs, the property of Martha Bell, on the 28th Feb. last.— Guilty : sentenced to 7 years’ transportation. ... Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 31 March 1828.
The following convicts passed through Belfast on Monday, on their way to the hulks at Kingstown, near Dublin:- Sentence of death recorded, but commuted to transportation- James Hamill, Hugh M'Cann, John M'Ginley, Michael Sheals, William Martin, Robert Harper, James Thompson, John Flemming.-Fourteen years' transportation - Arthur Kinney, Thomas M'Gibbon, William Whitla, Philip Nugent.- Seven years' transportation-Arthur M'Conville, William Mc'Bride, Patrick Burns, Thomas Wallace, Robert Campbell William Whiteford, Alexander O'Boyce, Wm. Stockman, John McBride, Andrew Conry, John Dougan, James Graham, Archibald M'Neill. County or the Town of Carrickfergus- Seven years' transportation-James M'Illroy. Belfast News-Letter, 9 May 1828.
Andrew was a native of Derry, 50 and married with seven children. Ignore any entry here regarding Robert Campbell, caused by correcting a duplicate entry.
Robert was a native of Derry, 30 and married with three children.